Hope House gala to help parenting teens

Jamie and her son, Darrien, are great examples of how Hope House helps parenting teen moms keep their lives moving in a positive direction.

Hope House of Colorado, a faith-based organization that houses and mentors teenage mothers and their children, is hosting “Come Together,” a fundraising dinner and auction, on Saturday at the Omni Interlocken Hotel. It begins at 5:30 p.m. and tickets start at $60.

Hope House works to provide these young women — many of whom are emerging from abusive situations — with the support, education and life skills necessary to succeed and prosper.

Money raised at the gala will go toward these programs, and to a fund that will be used to purchase land for a planned resource center.

A silent auction with 150-plus items will be conducted during the social hour that precedes dinner; later there will be live bidding on items that include a guided fishing adventure at the Rowdy Trout Ranch near Bailey, the opportunity to spend Easter Week in Cabo San Lucas and a luxury suite at the Pepsi Center for a Colorado Avalanche game.

For additional information on the event, or how to become a donor, sponsor or attendee, contact executive director Lisa Steven, 303-669-1319. Or, visit the Hope House of Colorado website. Can’t attend but would like to help out? Send donations — cash or checks — to Hope House of Colorado, P.O. Box 740568, Arvada, CO 80006.

Study after study has shown that when it comes to charitable fundraisers, Denver has more per capita than any comparably sized city in the nation. Joanne Davidson has been covering them for The Denver Post since 1985, coming here from her native California where she'd spent the previous seven years as San Francisco bureau chief for U.S. News & World Report magazine.